Epicurus biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Epicurus

Author Name:

Epicurus

Born As:

Epicurus

Other Names:

Epicurus

Born:

341

Died:

270




author picture
Philosopher                          
The only surviving complete works by Epicurus are three letters, which are to be found in book X of Diogenes Laertius' Lives of Eminent Philosophers, and two groups of quotes: the Principal Doctrines, reported as well in Diogenes' book X, and the Vatican Sayings, preserved in a manuscript from the Vatican Library.
Numerous fragments of his thirty-seven volume treatise On Nature have been found among the charred papyrus fragments at the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum. In addition, other Epicurean writings found at Herculaneum contain important quotations from his other works.                          
Mother Neocles
Father Chaerestrate                          
Founder of the school of philosophy called Epicureanism.